What particular nutritional needs to each of these groups have?
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What particular nutritional needs to each of these groups have?
Lesson 3: Weight Problems
Objective:- Regular exercise helps to maintain a healthy weight and reduces the chance of arthritis, high blood pressure and heart disease
Healthy weight, moderately obese, clinically obese
BMI: Body mass indexThis is one way that we can assess a healthy weight. This chart doesn’t always correctly assess high level athletes or person with a highly developed musculature.There is a BMI for adults and one for children and teens.
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/
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A healthy diet
• What must you do to maintain a healthy weight?
• Why is maintaining a healthy weight important?
• Why don’t crash diets work?
Analysis assignment, Cr E
• Go to calorie counter and set up an account http://caloriecount.about.com/
You will fill it in for a week (7 days). At the end of the week you will be able to print off a summary of your week and a graph. Using your knowledge of nutrients, analyse your diet.
Summary:1. Why do people that are very thin and some people who are very obese suffer from deficiency diseases?
2. If you take in more ________than you use, the excess is stored as ________if you eat too much over a period of time, you will eventually become_______. To lose weight you need to eat______ and exercise_________.